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  1. Business ·

    Asher Valley grain growers lock in prices with millers through three-year contracts

    A shared online platform run by the growers' cooperative has matched more than 80 farms with regional mills on fixed-price deals, offering both sides shelter fr...
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    Port cranes and containers: the waterfront face of trade

    Giant gantry cranes, feeder ships coming alongside and terminals that work through the night.
  3. Business ·

    Old Quay coffee roaster triples output and starts exporting

    Tidewheel Coffee, which began roasting in a converted net loft eight years ago, has moved into a former chandlery and is now sending beans to cafés in three cou...
  4. Clara Whitfield
    Business ·

    The quiet bill of a dozen subscriptions

    Small automatic payments rarely feel like spending, yet together they have become one of the least examined lines in the household budget.
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    Up close with offshore wind turbines

    Turbines rising from the open sea show the sheer scale of renewable energy projects.
  6. Clara Whitfield
    Business ·

    Second-hand is no longer a sign of need. It's a sign of sense

    Buying and selling used goods has become one of the soundest routes through the household economy, and one of the greenest.